Ruth Macklin believes that the cultural diversity we have in America creates problems for both physicians and patients. I consider the abundance of cultural diversity to be a challenge, and the physicians and patients need to both learn to clearly communicate their stances and reach a solution.
As physicians, it is their duty to listen to the patient and demonstrate sensitivity to their situation, a different background should not step in the way of that. There are many cases of multiculturism being present in healthcare that have solutions. I will be discussing how Voodoo, Judaism, Female Genital Mutilation and the Santeria’s practices with mercury are all apart of multiculturism, the difficulties they pose in today’s society, and Ruth Macklin’s perspective on how we can go about handling these challenges.
The first case I will discuss is that of an Orthodox Rabbi who gave a commentary …show more content…
Thousands of young girls in the United Kingdom are at risk which shows that this is not just happening in uncommon areas such as Sierra Leone, where the practice happens to almost every young woman. Female genital mutilation puts young women at risk for painful intercourse, difficulty with childbirth, infection, excessive bleeding and even death. Many people want to take action against the abuse but since it is a cultural practice, some African’s believe it is taking away their rights even though they do not live in a culture that believes in this torture. The United States and France have both passed laws prohibiting the practice of female genital mutilation (Macklin Packet,13) but with some African’s wanting the procedure it has become a controversial debate. Macklin states that there are three different professional views regarding female genital mutilation being the view of the psychiatrist, the clinical psychologist and sex therapist, and the
As physicians, it is their duty to listen to the patient and demonstrate sensitivity to their situation, a different background should not step in the way of that. There are many cases of multiculturism being present in healthcare that have solutions. I will be discussing how Voodoo, Judaism, Female Genital Mutilation and the Santeria’s practices with mercury are all apart of multiculturism, the difficulties they pose in today’s society, and Ruth Macklin’s perspective on how we can go about handling these challenges.
The first case I will discuss is that of an Orthodox Rabbi who gave a commentary …show more content…
Thousands of young girls in the United Kingdom are at risk which shows that this is not just happening in uncommon areas such as Sierra Leone, where the practice happens to almost every young woman. Female genital mutilation puts young women at risk for painful intercourse, difficulty with childbirth, infection, excessive bleeding and even death. Many people want to take action against the abuse but since it is a cultural practice, some African’s believe it is taking away their rights even though they do not live in a culture that believes in this torture. The United States and France have both passed laws prohibiting the practice of female genital mutilation (Macklin Packet,13) but with some African’s wanting the procedure it has become a controversial debate. Macklin states that there are three different professional views regarding female genital mutilation being the view of the psychiatrist, the clinical psychologist and sex therapist, and the